[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Barakat has been chosen as South Africa's official submission for the best international feature category at the 94th Academy Awards that will take place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

[Daily Maverick] Glasgow -- In an effort to ensure the success of the COP26 climate crisis negotiations and achieve the goal of shifting away from coal, 40 countries and institutions signed a pledge to end coal financing - but South Africa was missin...

[The Conversation Africa] South African writer Damon Galgut has won the UK's most prestigious literary award, the Booker Prize, for his work The Promise. It was Galgut's third shortlisting for the career-defining award, which has evaded him until now...

[spotlight] When Thembisile Nogampula was admitted as a patient at Livingstone Hospital on 24 March this year, he says he was allocated a bed but no sheets and pillows. There were other patients in his ward who slept on bare mattresses and some patie...

[GroundUp] "If there is no drastic change we won't be able to farm with cattle and maize in a few years time"

[GroundUp] "If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves," says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape

[GroundUp] Civil society organisations are urging the public to participate in an "United in Action Against Corruption week" to run from 3 to 10 December.

[Daily Maverick] The South African democratic system has been a central part of our nation's identity since the 1994 elections. Why is this significant, and is our democratic standing in trouble?

[Daily Maverick] The Municipal Structures Act offers an alternative system of government which is far more geared towards cooperation between political parties and service delivery. This is the collective executive system. Power does not lie in the h...

[Daily Maverick] The agricultural sector is not in an entirely flowery state. Rising input costs for all farmers will squeeze profit margins in the 2021/2022 period but this is largely due to international trends and there is limited scope for South ...

[Daily Maverick] Jordan Griffiths is the acting chief of staff in the mayor's office in Tshwane; he writes in his personal capacity.

[Daily Maverick] Sasha Planting is a seasoned financial journalist and Associate Business Editor at Daily Maverick Business.

[Daily Maverick] Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic, and former Executive Dean: Faculty of Law, at the University of Johannesburg. He writes in his personal capacity.

[Daily Maverick] A team of technicians had to be flown into Gqeberha from Cape Town to fix a vandalised high-voltage cable that is almost half a century old. The incident has left a large part of the city without electricity since Friday, 5 November.

[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic has put a financial strain on businesses, households and individuals. It's leading more older adults to retire early, according to recent research. This means retirees could be making increased claims o...

[TechCrunch] JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company.

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has started implementing load shedding Stage 4 from 13:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Friday and then it will be downgraded to Stage 2 until 05:00 on Saturday.

[SAnews.gov.za] Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has emphasised the importance of transparency in government projects.

[SAnews.gov.za] With the Local Government Elections done and dusted, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has appealed to all political parties to be united and to work together.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the arrest and subsequent prosecution of four Eastern Cape businessmen accused of defrauding the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) of more than R2 million.

[SAnews.gov.za] A 34-year-old male suspect from Limpopo who was wanted for multiple charges of rape and robberies between July 2020 and August has finally been arrested.

[GroundUp] Moneyline had been accused by Black Sash of using social grants as collateral for loans

[SAnews.gov.za] South African Police Service (SAPS) Motherwell detectives are investigating an inquest following the death of three children between the ages of four months and 11.

[MultiChoice] The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has selected the multi-award-winning MultiChoice film Barakat as South Africa's official submission for Best International Feature at the 94th Academy Awards® in 2022. This makes Amy Jep...

[New Zimbabwe] South African based rapper, Nadia Nakai has released a new range of her sports wear, Bragga x Redbat.

[Govt of SA] The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will together with the Eastern Cape Provincial Government leadership engage stakeholders in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape on the Eastern Seab...

[Daily Maverick] Sponsors of English county side Yorkshire have ended their partnerships with the club after an independent report into allegations of racism made by former player Azeem Rafiq.

[Daily Maverick] It looks like a strong T20 World Cup campaign, with the Proteas on the hunt for a semifinal place going into the final round of the Group stages. Just winning against England would be notable.

[Daily Maverick] An increasing number of South African names are appearing on team lists from countries such as Scotland and Italy, underlining the large volume of South Africa's player drain.

[Govt of SA] Landowners should be permitted to immediately retake their land from occupiers through counter spoliation